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From: louie@trantor.umd.edu (Louis A. Mamakos)
Newsgroups: news.sysadmin
Subject: Re: CALL FOR VOTE, COMP.INTERNET.ADDR AND COMP.INTERNET
Message-ID: <3074@haven.umd.edu>
Date: 28 Mar 89 13:51:25 GMT
References: <2078@pikes.Colorado.EDU> <15805@oberon.USC.EDU> <1466@gazette.bcm.tmc.edu> <209@jetson.UPMA.MD.US>
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If you attempt to register a name server for a second level domain (i.e.
UMD.EDU), the machine in question must be registered in their database.
The HOSTS.TXT file is simply an extract from that database which is used
for other things as well (such as constructing the root name server zone
files).




Louis A. Mamakos  WA3YMH    Internet: louie@TRANTOR.UMD.EDU
University of Maryland, Computer Science Center - Systems Programming